[2] Today, Goldtown exists only as a grid of dirt roads and a few abandoned buildings and mines in the desert off the California State Route 14.

KHXT-FM (Mojave) radio tower, at an elevation of 3,028 feet (923 meters) above sea level, is 1.56 miles (2.51 km) southeast of Goldtown.

From the early 1900s to 1980s, the Golden Queen Mine [8] was active on and off, using open pit, underground works, and heap leaching.

"Significant potential human health risks to the community and regional environmental impacts may have resulted from release of arsenic-bearing tailings into the waters of the state and airborne sources."

Open pit mining, cyanide heap leaching, and Merrill-Crowe processes will be used to recover gold and silver from crushed, agglomerated ore.[10] The heap leach pad for the mine will be located near Goldtown, according to Kern County Planning and Community Development Department.